It would be Friday morning your time Irwin, You will be most welcome to join in. I am not sure what time zone you are in but a quick estimate it would be somewhere around 2 to 3 AM your way. I will do more research and follow up.

"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. KennedyFranklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

No one has ideas for theme music? I can only think of two songs combining bees and aussieness.

One is I must have good terbaccy when I smoke. The last verse is:Yes I was talking to that swaggy yesterdayAnd what he told me I’ll remember clearTrampin’ out there with the breeze happy as the birds and beesAnd I reckon that he has the right idea

The other is Way out where the white faced cattle roamI love the scent of the blue gum treesBlowin' in the evening breezeWhere the bees are building honeycombI love to drink from the rippling streamBy the old bark hut where the campfires gleamWay out where the white faced cattle roam.

Great to hear you in there Irwin. The crowd increased by 40% last night with only the Agitator playing truant. This is starting to look like a school teachers past time. Present were Long john, Irwin, Bud, jim134, Lone, SlickMick and yours truly. Just remarkable that these States people were able to join us at ungodly hours their time. Not a lot of bee talk but great music and life style discussions. Special welcome to SlickMick making it onto Ventrilo for the first time and adding another character in this part of the forum. Topic of note was whether Agitator Mick was out stocking up tinnies for Operation Evil bleep in the beeyard today. Some people have all the fun and the fringe benefits.

Notably absent also was the wild colonial boy, koala john. Hopefully you haven't fallen off your ladder, john! Also missing were other australian women beekeepers. Even kathy must have been sound asleep. Thanks again to all who defied their internal body clocks to be there.

Luke 2:11 This very day in David's town your Saviour was born — Christ the Lord! 12 And this is what will prove it to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great army of heaven's angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God: 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!”

All Aussies, Aussie-wannabees, anyone who has ever tried vegemite (that includes Nettie), those who can say g'day or want to learn how to, anyone who says "throw another shrimp on the barbie" in normal conversation, any insomniacs, and any others who don't fit into those categories, please come at 8pm YT for some friendly conversation, poetry, and most of all, warm aussie weather.

I hope all the Aussies who've tried it out before can come again for more fun and laughter. We'd love to hear progress reports on ML's cutouts, Slicko's swarms and Koala's tree-top hives!